Arts & Culture
A Democratic Landscape
Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park
Culture in the Cold War
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
“A Prayer for Our Country”
Author Isabel Wilkerson kicks off a Harvard speaker series on storytelling and public health.
by Lydialyle Gibson
First-Gen Inclusion and Belonging
Rachel Gable’s research on helping first-generation and low-income students succeed at elite colleges
by John S. Rosenberg
The American Exception
How faith shapes economic and social policy
The World-Wise JFK
An unusual senior thesis
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Grinding Out Lawyers—by Grinding Down Students
The making of the modern Harvard Law School
by Lincoln Caplan
Defying Limits
David Roberts: A lifetime of adventures, risks, and rewards
by Nell Porter Brown
Picturing America
“Robert Frank: The Americans,” at the Addison Gallery of American Art
by Nell Porter Brown
Understanding Ebola
The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
by Jonathan Shaw